Since 2015, the Australian government has raised an estimated $2.1bn in debt from Centrelink clients in a manner which the Federal Court has since ruled ‘unlawful’. Known as the Robodebt scandal, the scheme affected over 400,000 Australians, including some of the nation’s most vulnerable people. Inspired by real cases, Brooke Robinson’s bad machine is a fictionalised look at the human cost of an inhuman system, and our vanishing social safety net.
Bad Machine
$24.99
ISBN: 9781760627720
Author: Brooke Robinson
Publication Date: 17/03/2022
Edition: CTS
Publisher: Currency Press
Extent: 66pp.
Availability: Available
Cast Info: 2F , 2M
SKU: BK3107
Categories: Currency Press, Drama, Plays by women, Political / social themes
Tags: Brooke Robinson, Currency Press
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